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Im Herzen hab' ich dich getragen [So still, dass Niemand es]1 gewusst. Als ich dich sah, begann's zu tagen, [Es wurde Licht]2 in meiner Brust. Im Herzen will ich dich behalten, Wie man [ein theures]3 Kleinod hegt, Als eine jener Lichtgestalten, Die [jeder Mensch]4 durch's Leben trägt. Im Herzen berg' ich dich, und Schweigen Deckt meinen seligen Gewinn! So bist Du mein und bleibst mein Eigen, Und Keiner ahnt, wie reich ich bin.
C. Faisst sets stanzas 1-2
1 Faisst: "Doch keiner hat davon"
2 Faisst: "Da ward es hell"
3 Faisst: "das höchste"
4 Faisst: "Mancher still"
Text Authorship:
- by Dorothea von Paschkowsky (1829 - 1910), as Dora Paschkowsky [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Im Herzen hab' ich dich getragen", op. 536 no. 2 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Röder [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Clara Mathilda Faisst (1872 - 1948), "Im Herzen hab' ich dich getragen", stanzas 1-2 [ voice and piano ], Karlsruhe (Baden): Eigentum des Komponisten [sic]
Score: BLB [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "I carried you within my heart", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-12-22
Line count: 12
Word count: 77
I carried you within my heart, [So quietly that]1 no-one knew of it. When I [first] saw you, day began to dawn, [There was light]2 within my breast. I wish to keep you in my heart As one cherishes [a valuable]3 treasure, As one of those beings of light That [every person]4 carries through life. I harbour you within my heart, and silence Covers my blessed prize! Thus you are mine and remain my own, And no one suspects how rich I am.
1 Faisst: "But"
2 Faisst: "At that point it became bright"
3 Faisst: "the greatest"
4 Faisst: "many a person silently"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Dorothea von Paschkowsky (1829 - 1910), as Dora Paschkowsky
This text was added to the website: 2019-12-22
Line count: 12
Word count: 87